Fun fact: in Chinese, the repeating crossbow (liannu) is also known as the Zhuge Nu, after famed Three Kingdoms era strategist Zhuge Liang, who most of us will recognize from playing Dynasty Warriors. While Zhuge Liang did not invent the repeating crossbow, he apparently made a great many innovations to it's design, and was one of the leading repeating crossbow engineers of his day.
Another fun fact: Repeating crossbows were used as late as the Sino-Japanese war (1894-95), in which the Qing bannerman used massive fixed-position repeating crossbows against the Japanese. Before anyone gets too excited, It should also be noted that the Japanese won that particular war. An old woodblock print illustrates below:

I watched the first few episodes of that drivel, then just became disgusted with the whole show.

Originally Posted by pauli

i was once told that "do" means wrecking people's **** for your own philosophical betterment.

Originally Posted by melvin_peebles

I could be mistaking dumbness for delusion. I'll have to go dig out my DSM IV. It's great to have stumbled upon this site. The rich fauna and flora of mental dysfunction that exists in the martial arts is amazing. It's like the Galapagos.